Inmate fatally stabbed by convicted killer at Parchman

8:55 PM,
Jun. 11, 2013

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The Clarion-Ledger

An inmate in a maximum security building at the State Penitentiary at Parchman is dead after being stabbed Tuesday by a convicted killer serving sentenced to life.

Kelvin Bowen, 35, who was serving 14 years for assault, was pronounced dead at the prison hospital at 1:04 p.m. after being attacked with a sharp instrument in the hallway of Unit 29 while en route to see a case manager.

The weapon was confiscated. Prison officials identified Bowen's assailant as Roderick Roshund Lewis, 31, who is serving two life sentences for murder and armed robbery out of Warren County. He was convicted in ...